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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Flora of Nebraska, Fraxinus americana, Panicum virgatum, Penstemon haydenii, Buffalo Commons, Carex rossii, Arisaema triphyllum, Campanula rotundifolia, Tallgrass prairie, Ashfall Fossil Beds, Ceanothus americanus, Artemisia tridentata, Viburnum opulus, Cercocarpus montanus, Cornus sericea, Asarum canadense, Allium canadense, Oenothera speciosa, Ribes cereum, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Lobelia inflata, Rhus trilobata, Pterospora, Gaillardia pulchella, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Commelina erecta, Maianthemum canadense, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Ambrosia trifida, Opuntia humifusa, Platanthera leucophaea, Ribes missouriense, Artemisia cana, Phlox divaricata, Carex nebrascensis, Phoradendron leucarpum, Galearis spectabilis, Scrophularia marilandica, Polygonatum biflorum, Phacelia hastata. Excerpt: Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico. Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie and can be found in remnant prairies, in native grass pastures, and naturalized along roadsides. It is used primarily for soil conservation, forage production, game cover, as an ornamental grass, and more recently as a biomass crop for ethanol and butanol, in phytoremediation projects, fiber, electricity, and heat production and for biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Other common names for switchgrass include tall panic grass, Wobsqua grass, blackbent, tall prairiegrass, wild redtop, thatchgrass, and Virginia switchgrass. Root system of switchgrass grown at the Land InstituteSwitchgrass is a hardy, deep-rooted, perennial rhizomatous grass that begins growth in late spring. It can grow up to 2.7 m high, ...
